Everything about Lenin Peak totally explained
Lenin Peak (; renamed
Ibn Sina Peak in July 2006 ) rises to 7,134 m in
Gorno-Badakhshan (
GBAO) on the border of
Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan, and is the second-highest point of both countries. Lenin Peak is the highest mountain in the
Trans-Alay Range of
Central Asia, and in the
Pamir Mountains it's exceeded only by
Ismail Samani Peak (7,495 m). It was thought to be the highest point in the Pamirs until
1933, when
Ismail Samani Peak (known as
Stalin Peak at the time) was climbed and found to be more than 300 metres higher (7,495 m).
Names
The peak was discovered in 1871 and originally named
Mount Kaufmann after
Konstantin Kaufman, the first Governor-General of
Turkestan. In 1928 the mountain was renamed after the
Russian revolutionary and first leader of the
Soviet Union,
Vladimir Lenin. The peak was renamed again in July 2006,, but it seems that Achiktash, or more properly
Achik-Tash, is the name of a plateau and a base camp at an altitude of 3,600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak, which starts in the southern
Kyrgyz city of
Osh, a day's drive north of the border.
Climbing history and routes
The peak was first climbed in
1928 by
Karl Wien,
Eugene Allwein and
Erwin Schneider, members of a
German expedition.
There are 16 established routes, nine on the southern side and seven on the northern slopes. The peak is quite popular with climbers due to its easy access and some uncomplicated routes. However, the peak isn't without its share of disasters. In
1974, an entire team of eight climbers died high on the mountain in a storm. An
avalanche triggered by an
earthquake killed 43 climbers in
1990.
Further Information
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